Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for steamer. Search instead for stemmers.
Definitions

steamer

[stee-mer] / ˈsti mər /
NOUN
kettle
Synonyms




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Synear Foods’ pork-and-mushroom shumai, sold at Costco and H Mart, can go straight from the freezer to the steamer and be served right in the basket.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

A travel steamer can help him stay crease-free on every adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

These are foam or gel-filled toys of various brands shaped like bao buns, and sometimes sold in plastic replicas of bamboo steamer baskets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

He left behind a massive steamer trunk full of manuscripts, many of which were attributed to artists not named Fernando Pessoa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

I have a legal paper in the shoebox under my bed that says I arrived here on August 23, 1923, on a steamer called the Austergeist.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

For the past 20 years she has instead worked maintaining electrical items, such as water purifiers and clothes steamers, in people's homes.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Maybe she skimped on verbal and physical affection, favoring a love language that expressed itself in steamers full of dumplings or plates of sliced fruit.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022

Fire Marshal Williams has just telegraphed to Milwaukee for all the steamers they can spare.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

Some of the large excursion steamers began to list toward the center of the river as people crowded their rails.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com